TempoPeek

Neil Young · After the Gold Rush

After the Gold Rush

After the Gold Rush is in F sharp major at 98.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

99 BPM · Andantemedian of 175 analyses · 97.9–99 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F♯ major6 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
38%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
175people who ran the extractor
One beat
608.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
444.6Hz · +18 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.87dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.775Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.956Essentia's danceability, 0–3

Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.

What the numbers say

175 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 38% — put it in F sharp major, a key signature of 6 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 175 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 97.9 to 99 BPM.

At 98.6 BPM one beat lasts 608.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 152.1 ms and a dotted eighth 456.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 49.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 197.2. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 444.6 Hz, which is 18 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — the sort of drift a tape machine or a slightly different mastering leaves behind. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 4.87 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.775 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.

10 other recordings here are in F sharp major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.

Beats per bar are not in this dataset. AcousticBrainz's analysis reports a tempo, a key and a loudness, and no time signature at all, so this page does not print one — a 4/4 here would be a guess dressed as a measurement.

Keys that fit with F♯ major

Each of these differs from F♯ major by at most one accidental, or shares its tonic. That is the whole of what a mixing wheel encodes; here the relations are named instead of numbered.

Delay times at 99 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42434.10.41
Half note212170.82
Dotted quarter1.5912.81.1
Quarter note (one beat)1608.51.64
Quarter triplet0.667405.72.47
Dotted eighth0.75456.42.19
Eighth note0.5304.33.29
Eighth triplet0.333202.84.93
Dotted sixteenth0.375228.24.38
Sixteenth note0.25152.16.57
Sixteenth triplet0.167101.49.86
Thirty-second note0.12576.113.15

Half time 49.3 BPM · double time 197.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (608.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Let’s Go CrazyPrince and The RevolutionF♯ major98BPM
  2. That’s the WayLed ZeppelinF♯ major99BPM
  3. A Different CornerGeorge MichaelF♯ major99BPM
  4. Best Thing I Never HadBeyoncéF♯ major99BPM
  5. Over, Under, Sideways, DownThe YardbirdsF♯ major98BPM
  6. AttentionCharlie PuthF♯ major100BPM
  7. Dangerously in Love 2BeyoncéF♯ major100BPM
  8. Pure ShoresAll SaintsF♯ major101BPM
  9. Please Don't GoKC and the Sunshine BandF♯ major97BPM
  10. Trois heures vingt…Céline DionF♯ major97BPM

Recordings in F sharp major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 99 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F sharp majorAll songs at 99 BPMF♯ major at 90–99 BPMNeil Young

MusicBrainz collapses 143 recording ids into this one. Recording id a1d14a11-b6ec-4dd9-a8f8-c58deb43a41f.